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Lake monsters, yetis, UFOs, crop circles, guardian angels and visions of the Virgin Mary can all be described as apparitions, and Patrick Harpur weaves together an account of them in this book. He argues that only in the last three centuries or so - and only in Western culture - have such sightings become discredited. In popular mythology they are as active as ever, though spaceships and aliens may have replaced the Land of Faerie and its inhabitants. Drawing on Jung's "Collective Unconscious", Blake's "Imagination", and the Neoplatonic "soul of the world" among others, Harpur suggests that these phenomena can be made intelligible again by appealing to a different world-view, one which takes them seriously but not literally.

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Top customer reviews

what a scholarly and fascinating take on the things that go bump in the night skies and lands.when the ufo/high strangeness phenomenons are analyzed by this author, it all becomes clearer, understandable and consumable.his conclusions are far from the popular meme.this read is highly recommended!how did I hear about it?from a dr. john e. mack lecture.he was all over it.

I have mixed feelings about this book. Certainly some good thinking and writing, and, I thought, it got better as I got into it. I don't feel everything that is Daimonic can be explained Harpur's way though. But it's good to read things with a different perspective.

Patrick Harpur has really hit the proverbial nail on its head with this work. I've studied philosophy, comparative religion, psychology, spiritualism, metaphysics, the paranormal, myth, mysticism, cryptozoology, ufology, et al for decades and have actually come to the same conclusions Harpur has. I especially share his belief that "thought forms" ("daimons") are REAL (become so) and as I read this work I began to further develop my own idea that the ubiquitous consciousness of "Creator" (or whatever one calls "It") has an influence on creation (all of it) in a manner that science and religion are totally unable to define (and unwilling to define). I highly recommend this book and suggest that it be preceded by "The Trickster and The Paranormal".

This tragically under-known gem is the most brilliant book on the deeper nature of the world that I've ever encountered (and I've met a *lot* of such books). On the surface it appears to be a book about UFOs, angels, ghosts, and crop circles. But once you get into it you discover that it's actually a book about an entirely different way of understanding reality in which all of those things and so much more not only make sense but are inevitable, profound, and important.

Harpur is Cambridge educated and it shows. *Daimonic Reality* is brimming with classical sensibility and academic rigor. Yet he blends his myriad references to Western arts and sciences into an approachable alchemy that is easily grasped. Yet what is grasped is so radical and elusive that it may take several readings over several years for it to fully permeate one's consciousness.

This book transformed my understanding of the world. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

(I've also had the pleasure of meeting Harpur at one of his Mythic Imagination courses. He is completely charming and is even more insightful and inspiring in person!)

A great blend of scientific and pseudo-scientific explanations for the weird stuff we humans experience. Especially enjoyable for me were the explanations of Jungian philosophy relating to these phenomenon.

The Author really does make an effort, it seems, towards objectivity and acceptance of linear and non-linear points of view. I, so far, (I'm still reading, but am quite a ways into the book), receive this book as a fair enough representation of the "hidden" realm of entities.